The Twilight Samurai
Chris's take
Pensive and sentimental film that I quite enjoyed, but the plot wasn't as compelling as it could have been and some characters lacked proper development. Also the ending is annoying.
Director
Yoji Yamada
Cast
Hiroyuki Sanada
Seibei Iguchi
Rie Miyazawa
Tomoe Iinuma
Nenji Kobayashi
Choubei Kusaka
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Michinojo Iinuma
Min Tanaka
Zenemon Yogo
Ren Osugi
Toyotaro Koda
Hiroshi Kanbe
Naota
Miki Ito
Kayano Iguchi
Plot overview
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?